San Francisco Youth Commission
Executive Committee
Minutes
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
5:00-7:00pm
City Hall, Room 345
1. Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl.
San Francisco, CA 94102

There will be public comment on each item.

Members: Nicholas Persky, Rachel Brodwin, Christine Huynh, Paul Monge-Rodriguez, Mia Shackelford

1. Call to Order and Roll Call

The meeting was called to order at 5:10 p.m. Commissioners present: Nicholas Persky, Christine Huynh, Paul Monge-Rodriguez, Mia Shackelford. Staff present: Phimy Truong. There was quorum.

2. Approval of Agenda (Action Item)

There was no public comment. Commissioner Huynh, seconded by Commissioner Shackelford moved to approve the agenda. The motion was approved by acclamation.

3. Approval of Minutes (Action Item)

A. May 15, 2013
(Document A)

There was no public comment. Commissioner Huynh, seconded by Commissioner Monge-Rodriguez moved to approve the minutes to the meeting of May 15, 2013. This motion was approved by acclamation.

4. Public Comment on Items not on Agenda (Discussion Only)

There were none.

5. Business (All Items to Follow Discussion and Possible Action)

A. Staff report

Ms. Truong provided the following updates: there will likely be a Special full Youth Commission (YC) meeting in July to continue committee work and priorities; the commission’s outreach and civic engagement work has reached over 1,000 youth and community members since the YC’s third position started in mid January; Ms. Truong will be attending the Clerk of the Board budget presentation during the week of June 17th; the office has interviewed all YC applicants and will be hearing about new appointments this summer; there will be a free MUNI for youth coalition community meeting on Tuesday, June 18th 4-5:30 p.m. at Valencia Gardens Community Room; and finally, Ms. Truong thanked commissioners for their time, work, and dedication to fulfilling the commission’s chartered duties. There was no public comment.

B. Consideration of authorization of the following absences:

Review of absences approved at May 20, 2013 in excess of three approved absences: Armstrong: March 18, 2013 and April 1, 2013; Guzman Ramos: April 1, 2013; Monge-Rodriguez: April 1, 2013

Ms. Truong noted that upon review, the absences of Commissioners Armstrong, Guzman-Ramos, and Monge-Rodriguez approved at the previous meeting were absences in excess of three approved absences. According to the Youth Commission bylaws, Article IV (A) Attendance, “The Commission shall not have the power to authorize more than 3 absences per member per term.” Commissioner Persky shared that the absences above were not allowed to be approved by the Commission as they were absences already in excess of three approved absences.

There was no public comment.

Commissioner Monge-Rodriguez, seconded by Commissioner Huynh, made a motion to rescind the formally approved absences of Commissioner Armstrong’s absence of March 18, 2013, Commissioner Guzman-Ramos’s absence of April 1, 2013, and Commissioner Monge-Rodriguez’s absence of April 1, 2013, as they were in excess of the three allowed authorized absences. This motion was approved unanimously by acclamation.

Monday, June 3, 2013
i. Commissioner Huynh
ii. Commissioner Chu
iii. Commissioner Brodwin (cannot be authorized)
iv. Commissioner Armstrong (cannot be authorized)

There was no public comment. Commissioner Shackelford, seconded by Commissioner Huynh moved to forward the absences of Commissioners Huynh and Chu to the full commission meeting of June 17, 2013. This motion was approved by acclamation.

C. Approve the agenda for the June 17, 2013

Commissioners reviewed and discussed requests for presentations and first readings at the next full YC meeting. Commissioner Persky shared that he had asked to have Supervisor Avalos’ sponsored hearing on the Budget and Legislative Analyst’s report on socioeconomic equity referred at the next meeting because he wanted commissioners to provide comment and recommendation on what should be considered at the upcoming hearing. Commissioner Monge-Rodriguez also shared that Supervisor Mar’s office was sponsoring a hearing on the Department of Children, Youth, and their Families 2013-2016 grant awards in the next week and that staff had asked to have the legislation referred to the commission for additional comment and recommendation. Commissioners agreed that though they can’t participate at all hearings due to other time commitments, it was still good for them to be engaged and provide comments and questions for Supervisors to consider during the hearing.
The meeting was called to recess at 5:44 p.m. The meeting was called back to order at 6:08 p.m.

Commissioners discussed other items of YC business. There being no public comment, Commissioners then agreed to a June 17th full YC meeting agenda which would include the following items: basic standing agenda items, legislation referred on a hearing on the socioeconomic equity report and DCYF’s 2013-2016 grant awards; a presentation and request for motion to support and help collaborate on a Mission Girls female leadership event on July 24, 2013; a first reading of a resolution urging for support of the creation of youth government advisory bodies at both the regional and federal levels; a first reading on a motion to create a deferred action for childhood arrivals event before the next school year to aid qualified undocumented students in connecting with resources; and an end of the term Youth Commission evaluation.

There was no public comment.

Commissioner Shackelford, seconded by Commissioner Persky, moved to approve the set agenda for the upcoming June 17th full meeting. This motion was approved unanimously by acclamation.

D. Planning for end of the YC term closing event

Commissioners discussed different ways of honoring their peers work. There was no official action taken. There was no public comment.

E. Officer Updates

Commissioner Huynh updated committee members on upcoming outreach activities. Commissioner Monge-Rodriguez provided some legislative updates on the commission’s ongoing policy priorities. Commissioner Persky also asked his peers to spend some time planning the Youth of the Year awards.

There was no public comment.

6. Issue-Based Committee Reports (Discussion Only)

Commissioners updated each other on committee work. Committees will still be meeting through July and will be working on briefing documents to provide for incoming commissioners in Fall 2013. There was no public comment.

7. Executive Committee Report (Discussion Only)

Commissioner Persky reviewed the executive committee report to his peers. There was no public comment or action taken.

8. Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 7:00 p.m.